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| Thursday - July 14 What a difference a day makes! It is sunny, 55F with 9 mph wind from the northwest. Tim Horton's has become our place to get sandwiches when it looks iffy for service down the road. |
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| Brandon has good bike paths all along the major roads through town. |
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| The Assiniboine River |
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| Brandon's nickname is Wheat City. An article in the local paper says that Canada is expecting a record crop this year, likely in the top 5 ever. They aren't sure there will be enough storage space for all of it. |
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| Looking back at Brandon as we climb out of the river bottom. If we had to have a rain day we are glad it was in Brandon. |
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| You know that something is changing when there is actually a Provincial Forest! |
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| Camp Hughes Picnic Area in the Spruce Woods Provincial Forest provided a fine lunch spot. |
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| The wild rose of Manitoba |
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| We saw several older wooden barns in similar states of collapse today. We were wondering if an exceptional snow load might have brought them down. |
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| The Law of Prairie Hills - first you go down and then you go up. It will most likely be flat when you get to the top of the climb. |
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| And flat is all relative. |
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| Taking notes for the journal. |
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| The other notable thing about today was the dragonflies. They have been really big, beautiful, and plentiful today. They just flitted around us on their way to and fro. |
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| Shady Oaks Campground is just east of Sidney. |
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| Our home for the night. |
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| We especially like "Think Outside - No Box Required" |
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| This is the end of Week 4 - 1,164 cumulative miles and about 400 to go. It sure didn't feel like it was all downhill! |
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